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 Keck·sy n.; pl. Kecksies   Bot. The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.]
 Nothing teems
 But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs.   --Shak.
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 Kex n.
 1. Bot. A weed; a kecksy.
 Though the rough kex break
 The starred mosaic.   --Tennyson.
 2. A dry husk or covering.
    When the kex, or husk, is broken, he proveth a fair flying butterfly.   --Holland.
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